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Here's What's in Your Toothpaste for Keeping Your Teeth and Gums Healthy - Personalized Dentistry We're all interested in how our toothpaste tastes, how it freshens breath or how it brightens teeth. But those are secondary to its most important function, which is how well our toothpaste helps us remove dental plaque, that thin bacterial film on teeth most responsible for both tooth decay and gum

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We're Improving Our Effectiveness in Treating Tooth Decay - Personalized Dentistry For several decades, dentists have been saving teeth from tooth decay following a few basic guidelines: 1) Identify decay as soon as possible; 2) Thoroughly remove decayed tooth structure; and 3) Fill any cavities. With millions of diseased teeth rescued, observing these simple steps have proven a r

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Are Implants a No-Go for You? Consider These Other Restoration Options - Personalized Dentistry Our primary aim as dentists is to preserve teeth. There are times, however, when preserving a tooth is no longer worth the effort and we must recommend removing it. Fortunately, extracted teeth can be replaced with a functional and attractive restoration.Today's top tooth-replacement option is the d

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Unlike Brad Pitt, You Didn't Mean To Chip Your Tooth. We Can Still Fix It - Personalized Dentistry It's not unusual for serious actors to go above and beyond for their roles. They gain weight (or lose it, like Matthew McConaughey for True Detective). They grow hair—or they shave it off. But perhaps nothing tops what Brad Pitt did to assume the character of Tyler Durden in the movie Fight Cl

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Dental Hygiene and Care Critical During Cancer Treatment - Personalized Dentistry After months or even years of radiation or chemotherapy, the words "cancer-free" is music to your ears. Your joy and relief, though, may be tempered by the toll these treatments can take on the rest of your body—including your mouth.Both of these treatments can destroy healthy tissue along wit

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4 Tips to Getting the Dental Care You Need, Even on a Tight Budget - Personalized Dentistry If your budget gets squeezed, cutting non-essential expenses can be a wise move. But think twice before lumping dental care into that category—postponing dental visits or treatment could put your long-term dental health at risk.True, dental treatments can get expensive, so it's tempting to let

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Cracked Mouth Corners: How to Resolve This Irritating Problem - Personalized Dentistry In addition to the usual tooth and gum problems, dentists also see patients with soft tissue infections in and around the mouth. One of the more common of these is the irritation or "cracking" of the corners of the mouth.Formally known as angular cheilitis (or perleche, a French word, meaning "to li

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A Routine Dental Procedure Saves This MLB Standout's Broken Tooth - Personalized Dentistry During this year's baseball spring training, Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton got into a row with a steak dinner—and the beefsteak got the better of it. During his meal, the Gold Glove winner cracked a tooth.Fortunately, he didn't lose it. Buxton's dentist rescued the tooth with a d

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Dental Implants Could Help Preserve Bone After Tooth Loss - Personalized Dentistry Losing teeth can make it more difficult to eat, not to mention the effect it can have on your smile. But that could be just the beginning of your problems. Missing teeth can contribute to extensive bone loss within your jaws and face. Here's why.Bone is like any other living tissue—cells devel

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Removable Dentures Remain a Viable Option for People with Total Tooth Loss - Personalized Dentistry Although highly preventable, total tooth loss continues to affect millions of people worldwide, harming their nutrition, health and social standing. In the United States alone, a quarter of adults between 65 and 74 suffer from total tooth loss. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to restore lo

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You Can Have a Successful Implant Outcome if Your Diabetes is Under Control - Personalized Dentistry Around one in ten U.S. adults have diabetes, a metabolic disease that can disrupt other aspects of a person's health like wound healing and vision. It could also cause complications with dental implants, the premier replacement choice for missing teeth.There are two basic types of diabetes. In type

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You Don't Need to Pass a Football Like Patrick Mahomes to Remove a Loose Baby Tooth - Personalized Dentistry Kids get pretty inventive pulling a loose primary (baby) tooth. After all, there's a profit motive involved (aka the Tooth Fairy). But a young Kansas City Chiefs fan may have topped his peers with his method, revealed in a recent Twitter video that went viral.Inspired by all-star KC quarterback Patr